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Television review: 'Rihanna 777' a by-the-numbers pop promo
This week, you can see a film that buries its main character's motivations in scenes of decadence from the big city. The movie is a tale about class divides, and the mix of resentment and envy between the one-percent and the lesser ninety-nine. There is...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Entertainment, Movies
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L.A. Times launches free Indie Focus film series at Laemmle NoHo
The L.A. Times is expanding its events for movie lovers with a new, free Indie Focus Screening Series at the Laemmle NoHo 7 theaters starting Aug. 22 with “Robot & Frank.” Starring Oscar nominee Frank Langella as an aging jewel thief who...
Tags: Takashi Miike, Sarah Polley, Lars von Trier, Todd Solondz, Miranda July
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Around Town: Snow White, Casablanca at Oscars Outdoors
24 FramesThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduces its new "Oscars Outdoors" screening series this Friday evening with the 1942 Oscar-winning romantic classic "Casablanca," followed by Walt Disney's seminal 1937 animated feature, "Snow White and... -
'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections
24 Frameshe 1994 Oscar-winning best film, “Forrest Gump,” Walt Disney’s 1942 classic animated family film, “Bambi,” Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length comedy “The Kid” and a 1912 silent comedy “A Cure for... -
Richard Leacock dies at 89; documentary filmmaker pioneered cinema verite technique
Richard Leacock, a documentary filmmaker and pioneer of the unobtrusive cinema verite camera technique, has died. He was 89.
Leacock died Wednesday in Paris, said his daughter Victoria Leacock Hoffman. He had been in declining health and had taken...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Documentary (genre), Jean-Luc Godard, Igor Stravinsky, Harvard University
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3 Food Events You Should Know About: KCET's 'Uncorked'; 'Kings of Pastry' airs on PBS; berry picking at Underwood Family Farms
Daily DishThis post has been corrected. See the note below for details. KCET at Bouchon: KCET's "Uncorked" and acclaimed chef Thomas Keller team up for a fundraising event to support KCET programming. Sixty guests will sit down to a six-course dinner...... -
Urban folk singer Emily Lacy drawn to experiment
Pop & HissL.A.-based Emily Lacy dips into the worlds of urban folk music and art to create a distinct sonic scene. What the larger public knows about L.A.-based singer and experimental composer Emily Lacy can be captured in a single scene: In...... -
Tribeca: Doc Fund Hands Out Finishing Coin to Nine Titles
VarietyDocumentaries from filmmakers including D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus and Marshall Curry are among the projects to receive a total of $150,000 in funding from the Tribeca Film Institute, the Gotham nonprofit affiliated with the Tribeca Film Festival....Tags: Feminism, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Gucci Group NV, Tribeca, Entertainment
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Film festivals for many tastes this weekend
We're heading into a crowded weekend for film fests in Chicago, with no fewer than three major events competing for attention. This kind of overlap is far from ideal, but then again filmgoers are a self-selecting bunch, and the three festivals on tap...
Tags: Women's Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Documentary (genre), Architecture, Music
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